The protesters had gathered and marched throughthe ancient town to oppose an alleged move bysome residents to replace Kamil Akinlabi, a memberof the House of Representatives, with AkeemAdeyemi, a son of the Alaafin of Oyo, in 2015.

A group of people were at the palace of the Oyomonarch to lodge a formal complaint about thelawmaker, whom, they accused of not providing thedividend of democracy like his counterparts in thestate. They implored the monarch to prevail on hisson, Akeem, who is currently the interim Chairmanof Atiba Local Government Area, to take over theseat in the coming elections.

But some aggrieved residents, who were opposedto the seeming domination of Alaafin's relatives inpolitical appointments ceded to the constituency,took to the street to counter the call.

Armed with placards with various inscriptions, theyaccused the Oyo monarch of keeping importantpolitical appointments meant for the entire town tohis family members.

According to Waheed Ajagbe, who spoke on behalfof the protesters, the demonstration was inappreciation of positive impact Mr. Akinlabi hasmade in their lives since he was elected in 2011.

"About 175 boreholes have been provided acrosshis constituency. He has distributed 16 vehicles toparty leaders and Oyo messi. Akinlabi has alsofacilitated the construction of Erelu water project.

"In the area of education, he has facilitated therehabilitation of Olivet Baptist High School, Isale-Oyo Community Grammar School and otherschools. He has also distributed textbooks andnotebooks for pupils at Primary School level," hesaid.

Mr. Ajagbe claimed the Alaafin's son, Mr. Adeyemi,has performed poorly as council chairman andshould not be considered for the legislativeposition.

"Out of the 10 political appointment given to Oyo,six are occupied by Oba Adeyemi's sons and wives.Are we going to fold our arms and watch whenpeople who want to help us are being frustrated forselfish reason," he said.

The protest later turned bloody when somehoodlums believed to be sponsored by the councilchairman stormed the venue to forcefully chase theparticipants away.

Normalcy was later restored when a detachment ofanti-riot police officers with Armoured PersonnelCarriers arrived the scene. But, that was after thearmed hoodlums had succeeded in inflictinginjuries on some protesters.

When contacted on the cause of the violence, thePolice Public Relations Officer in Oyo, OlabisiOkuwobi-Ilobanafor, said she had just beeninformed about the crisis and was yet to get thedetails.